Friday, December 7, 2012

7th Day of Christmas: Angela Brown

Cate: Author Angela Brown is here to spread some holiday cheer! Angela,
please tell us a little bit about yourself.

Angela: Hey Cate :)
First, let me say that it is an honor to be here with you and your readers
today. I am the author of Neverlove,
a young adult novel infused with action, romance and elements of paranormal.
I’m a single mom who works a full-time day gig while living a double life as a
recently self-published author. Reading and writing are big-time passions for
me and Wild Cherry Pepsi is my addiction of choice lol!

Cate: The honor is mine, Angela. :) What do you love most about Christmas?

Angela: The fact that more people choose to treat each other as people.
We seem to become more aware of how blessed we are and take it for granted for
less…until we awaken drunk on New Year’s Day lol!

Cate: Ha, too true! Do you have a favorite memory of a Christmas past?

Angela: Yeah, it’s one my little Chipmunk – my daughter – has no memory
of. Her father and I were still happily married at the time. We woke up early
because I was so giddy to celebrate my little girl’s first Christmas. We opened
presents left and right. She slobbered on new stuffed animals effectively rendering
them unreturnable then she crawled on the floor having the best time with just
the boxes. Yep, the boxes lol! Couldn’t get mad. She was having a blast. As I
watched her, so was I.

Cate: So cute! If Santa could grant one wish, what would you ask for?

Angela: Peace on earth and good will toward men is nice, but perhaps we
could start with putting concern for human beings as employees somewhere near
equal footing with profits for a start, maybe?

Cate: What was the best gift you’ve ever received? What made it so
special?

Angela: I’ve always considered my daughter my best gift. She was born
in the summer but she was the most beautiful thing I’ve ever been a part of
creating. Her love for me is beaten only by the love I believe God has for me.
That’s a whole lot of love J

Angela: Uhhhhh…I am so inadequate to respond. I really need to get in
better touch with domestic Me lol!

Cate: Tell us about your latest release, and where readers can find it
online.

Angela: Neverlove is a tale
of overcoming, of two teens – upper YA – who grew up with little to no expectation
of love and eventually find it in each other. But with secrets and duties that
pull them in different directions, would they be able to keep this rare thing
they’d found or would they be destined for an existence without true love? It
can be found at Amazon. Here are the buy links: Amazon.com, Amazon.fr, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon
paperback

Cate: Care to share a blurb or excerpt?

Angela: Sure. Here is a brief scene with Basil after an assignment:

He tiptoed from the shade trees then
made his way through the complex, past the pool and into his corner apartment. Lucky
for him, the upstairs neighbors moved out the day he arrived. Although, the
more he thought about it, the more he wondered if luck had anything to do with
his life. How lucky could he be if he joked up on sealing a deal with the devil
for his soul? Stupid lucky, maybe.

He shut the door behind him and strode
to the overstuffed couch, one of many pieces of the furnished and decorated
apartment. From the Zen posters, glass vases with silk flowers weighted in
place with assorted marbles to the serenity fountain nestled in a nook of the
hallway, nothing really fit him. Until now. He picked up the journal and pen,
finally feeling a piece of home. Pressing the blue button, a thin strand of
blood slithered from the end. Putting pen to paper, he wrote:

Important rule: Cleansers are my enemy.

Important rule: “Don’t even think about
falling in love. Not happening. Can’t happen. So don’t try,” as quoted by
Perfect Pam. So what am I supposed to do
with what’s going on inside me every time I think of or see Abby?

Important truth: I’m not what I used to be.
What I am now is a crap-load of unknown. Unworthy.

Yeah,
afterlife with the devil sucks.

Cate: What inspired you to write about the theme?

Angela: Forbidden love is something that always calls to me. The novel
also touches upon a few sensitive subjects that aren’t the center focus of the
story, but their presence has purpose in regards to the importance of finding
ways to overcome obstacles, even if we’re the ones placing them before us
without realizing it.

Cate: Anything else you’d like to share?

Angela: I’d be honored to have folks hop on over to Amazon to get their
own copy of the novel, if they haven’t yet, but maybe they’d like to consider
it a gift for someone else. Also, a small random act of kindness can go a long
way to making someone’s day.

Cate: Thanks so much for being part of the 12 Days of Christmas! Hope
you have a jolly holly holiday!

@ Maria - LOL!! Nowadays the boxes are smaller. If there was nothing in the box I truly believe Chipmunk would arch her perfect little eyebrows at me, smirk and say, "Okay, so where's the REAL gift?" lol!!

@ Alex - Yeah, she's outgrown them, although the laundry basket is occasionally used for an adventure. And thank you for the compliment.

@ Cate - Thanks again for having me. I love this time of year, even with all it's hecticness :-)